Simplicity and purity: poets, farmers and Parsis of Gandhi's Gujarati and reading Gandhi in two tongues

Suhrud, Tridip

ISBN: 9789354423604, 9354423604

The book contains two essays by Tridip Suhrud. The first, `Simplicity and Purity', examines Gandhi's relationship with the Gujarati language. The second essay, `Reading Gandhi in Two Tongues' suggests Gandhi was a bilingual thinker and writer, and it is enriching to explore his modes of thoughts through two tongues.

Writings from the Sundarbans

Acharya, Indranil et al.

ISBN: 9789354422713, 9354422713

This anthology aims to document and disseminate in English translation, literary narratives on the Sundarbans composed in Bangla by authors belonging to this great riverine ecosystem. The collection foregrounds the many issues that continue to haunt marginalised communities across the world. An attempt has been made to give voice to the subaltern concerns over agency and participation, inclusio...

Dhola Gamvara Sudra Pasu Nari: Book series to explore real India

Singh, Bal Ram

ISBN: 9781957310008, 1957310006

This book presents a proper meaning of the Ramcharitmanas chaupai, Dhola gamvara sudra pasu nari, ye sab tadana ke adhikari using the actual meaningÿ of the word, tadana, in Avadhi language, and by delving into the deep philosophical references of the Pancabhutas, ether, air, fire, water, and earth of the Samkhya and Vaishesika darshanas, as intended by Goswami Tulsidas.

Subaltern studies: writings on South Asian history and society, 10 vols. (in box)

ISBN: 9780195651256, 0195651251

Subaltern Studies I: The aim of this collection of essays, the first of a series, is to promote a systematic and informed discussion of subaltern themes in the field of South Asian studies; Subaltern Studies II: In this volume the author writes on `The Prose of counter-Insurgency', Gautam Bhadra on `Frontier Uprisings in Mughal India'...; Subaltern Studies III: It consists of seven essays, six ...

The G N Devy reader: After Amnesia, `Of Many Heroes', The Being of Bhasha and Countering Violence, foreword by Rajeswari Sunder Rajan

ISBN: 9789354424717, 9354424716

This book offers an incisive analysis of contemporary literary scholarship in Indian languages by demonstrating how modern Indian languages `learnt to forget' that literary criticism had been rejected by them during the post-Sanskrit medieval centuries, and how they have posed before themselves a false choice of intellectual practices rooted in culturally distant Western or Sanskritic traditions.

Conflict and coping in North East India: the role of memory,

ISBN: 9788196085094, 8196085095

Northeast India has experienced several violent political and social conflicts post Indian independence over the issues of contested identity, language, and resource control.

The Tamil poets and poetry from medieval religious to social modern literature

Stephen, S. Jeyaseela

ISBN: 9789386463449, 938646344X

This book examines how the Tamil poets gradually began to turn their attention away from praising kings, chieftains, ruling elites besides on gods and goddesses. It explores how the bards composed ulaa, pillaithamizh, maalai, sathagam, agaval, kalampagam, kovai and toothu poetry in the early modern age.